Can PF Random Thoughts be Split to Help with Server Load?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Evo
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Random Thoughts
Click For Summary
The discussion revolves around the splitting of larger threads to alleviate server load, specifically continuing the Random Thoughts thread. Participants express their thoughts on various topics, including the emotional impact of the game Bioshock: Infinite, which one user describes as "haunting." They discuss the game's cover art, noting the absence of the female co-lead, Elizabeth, from the front cover, and reference an interview with Ken Levine that suggests this was a marketing compromise. The conversation shifts to personal anecdotes, including family dynamics and humorous observations about everyday life, such as experiences at McDonald's and the challenges of parenting toddlers. The thread features a blend of light-hearted banter, reflections on gaming, and casual storytelling, highlighting the community's camaraderie.
  • #331
dkotschessaa said:
Wow. I'd love for something like that to happen, but I've had this for about 5 years now. I thought I might just live with it, since it's not painful per se. I call it "my alien" because it's just kind of like a thing sticking out of my abdomen like it wants to escape. But it's annoying and I think it's caused other issues that i hope go away later.

My mom had hers out a few years ago -- it was done laparoscopically which made recovery much easier. I hope yours is done that way!
 
Physics news on Phys.org
  • #332
Borg said:
I think that I need to get a dog whistle for Mr. Barky who moved in two months ago. Every time he gets put outside, he yaps non-stop like he's got an extreme case of separation anxiety. Thankfully it doesn't usually last more than 10 minutes.

Mr Barky, lol...
 
  • #333
lisab said:
My mom had hers out a few years ago -- it was done laparoscopically which made recovery much easier. I hope yours is done that way!

That's the plan. I was even going to try for http://healthpointmedicalgroup.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/site.content/mode/dtl/type/59846/post/65531.cfm but it was 6 weeks just to get a consult. Rather have it done sooner.
 
  • #334
DiracPool said:
RIP Bonzo
Bonham was the best! Jimmy Page was quite a slacker on time-signatures, and without a solid rhythm section, he would have been lost, IMO. JPJ was quite a steal, too. Mandolin is quite an effective rhythm instrument, though it was never before (to my knowledge) used that way in hard rock before.
 
  • #335
:smile:
Title: What to do when everything else fails.

10. Subtract infinity
9. Add heavy fermions
8. Set all fermion masses to zero
7. Invent another symmetry
6. Throw it on the lattice
5. Blame it to the Planck scale
4. Recall the success of the Standard Model
3. Invoke the Anthropic Principle
2. Wave hands a lot, speak with a strong accent
1. Manipulate the data

(from Extrema ratio: manipulate the data)
 
  • #336
DiracPool said:
Isn't he the Hells Kitchen guy?
Yes, In this show he trained his Kids to raise animals for slaughter. :cry: All in all, it was a very funny show.
 
  • #337
Evo said:
Yes, In this show he trained his Kids to raise animals for slaughter. :cry: All in all, it was a very funny show.
When I was a kid we raise one pig and one sheep for eating. I didn't mind eating the pig so much, but the sheep was traumatic.
 
  • #338
I just had to change the batteries in my mouse.
 
  • #339
I love the rainy season in Florida. Bring it!
 
  • #340
I just had to change a hose in my truck because it sprung a leak and AnTiFreeze was coming out all over the place! Under the hood looked like a Vulcan ER.
 
  • #341
zoobyshoe said:
I just had to change a hose in my truck because it sprung a leak and AnTiFreeze was coming out all over the place! Under the hood looked like a Vulcan ER.

Well, I wasn't planning on coming out until I was comfortable with the decision, but I guess the secret's out.
 
  • #342
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Well, I wasn't planning on coming out until I was comfortable with the decision, but I guess the secret's out.
Well, I hope the next PF'er who comes out does not do it under the hood of my truck.

My truck rolled off the assembly line in 1989 and I believe the hose I replaced was an original part. That's pretty good. The replacement hose was only $11.98 and it should last till the year 2037. I'm not especially confident I, myself, will last till the year 2037. I might be outlived by a cheap piece of rubber.

In the meantime, I have three jugs of used AnTiFreeze I don't know what to do with.
 
  • #343
zoobyshoe said:
... In the meantime, I have three jugs of used AnTiFreeze I don't know what to do with.

Jugs of AnTiFreeze x 3 belong in the trash.
 
  • #344
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Jugs of AnTiFreeze x 3 belong in the trash.

Many of the liquids and chemicals that go into your car are very hazardous for the environment, and you have to be extremely careful when it comes time to dispose of them. Antifreeze is one such substance. The engine coolant that can serve different purposes in your vehicle. It keeps the system from freezing in the winter months, and it can keep if from boiling in the summer, so that your car doesn’t overheat. The antifreeze also contains chemicals that reduce corrosion and scale formation in your radiator and engine.
http://recyclesandiego.org/recycling-item/antifreeze/

You, sir, will have to be taken to a hazardous disposal center when you die.
 
  • #345
Of all the dead, bisexual, Zoroastrian rock stars, Freddie Mercury is my favorite.
 
  • Like
Likes 1 person
  • #346
lisab said:
Of all the dead, bisexual, Zoroastrian rock stars, Freddie Mercury is my favorite.

He will, he will rock you!
 
  • #347
lisab said:
Of all the dead, bisexual, Zoroastrian rock stars, Freddie Mercury is my favorite.

Odd. I think I owned every Queen album ever produced, but I seldom listen to them now.

hmm...
 
  • #348
Ahem...

I'm not really into astrology, but today has been the most excellent day in many a blue moon.

Do we have any Pagans who can interpret my chart, and tell me why I was distraught about having nearly zero food in the house, requiring me to go to the pizza parlor, which resulted in me standing next to a young Ukrainian man, and whilst waiting for our mutual pizzas, we laughed with his two adorable blond 6 year oldish daughters, about how I could speak a few words of Russian?

Oh. And his name was Andre. I told him that was my best friends name at PF, which of course, meant nothing to him.

But I don't care, as my pizza is now ready to eat.

Thank you Char limit, wherever you may be.

P.M. pizza RULES!

:smile:
 
  • #349
Gallbladder is out. I got to take my hot nurse home with me and she is taking good care of me.
 
  • #350
dkotschessaa said:
Gallbladder is out. I got to take my hot nurse home with me and she is taking good care of me.
Get well soon!.
 
  • #351
I was in one of the elevators at work after going for my lunchtime/afternoon walk. I was hot and sweaty after the walk, and a bit disheveled since I had to wear a spare office shirt for the walk, and I was wearing shorts and sandals.

Two attractive women entered the elevator at the same time. I apologized for my appearance, and the one closest to me smiled and said "Yeah - we've seen you walk."

I thought that was a bit of an odd statement, but it was the way she was looking at me and smiling that I suddenly felt naked. She wasn't looking at my face, either.
 
  • #352
Astronuc said:
I was in one of the elevators at work after going for my lunchtime/afternoon walk. I was hot and sweaty after the walk, and a bit disheveled since I had to wear a spare office shirt for the walk, and I was wearing shorts and sandals.

Two attractive women entered the elevator at the same time. I apologized for my appearance, and the one closest to me smiled and said "Yeah - we've seen you walk."

I thought that was a bit of an odd statement, but it was the way she was looking at me and smiling that I suddenly felt naked. She wasn't looking at my face, either.

Just as an FYI, "Aussie Rules" shorts, except for a brief period in the 70's, are considered "underwear", here in these colonies.

warwick-capper-back-in-the-footy-shorts-114189.jpg

Put some pants on Astro!

-------------------
And no, I did not go on that silly naked bike ride the other night...
 
  • #353
Hey Om, I never looked that wimpy. :biggrin:
 
Last edited:
  • #354
dkotschessaa said:
I love the rainy season in Florida. Bring it!

No, god, please no. It just stopped yesterday down here.
 
  • #355
dkotschessaa said:
I love the rainy season in Florida. Bring it!

Oh hell no. I'm tired of my hair looking like a triangle of frizz.
 
  • #356
HeLiXe said:
Oh hell no. I'm tired of my hair looking like a triangle of frizz.

Yeah mine gets pretty unruly when it gets wet. On those days I say my hair is going all Newtonian:

 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #357
lisab said:
Yeah mine gets pretty unruly when it gets wet. On those days I say my hair is going all Newtonian:

Isn't that worth some points on the crackpot quiz?

Comparing oneself to Newton?

:-p
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #358
My hair gets all looking like this when I'm down at south beach in Fla.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #359
lisab said:
Yeah mine gets pretty unruly when it gets wet. On those days I say my hair is going all Newtonian:
lol...my hair used to be like that. I cut it recently so now I go all equilateral:-p you could literally do a proof with the SAS theorem on it.
DiracPool said:
My hair gets all looking like this when I'm down at south beach in Fla.

Your hair you say...or do you mean your whole self?
*note to self*-avoid DiracPool posts with pictures.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #360
HeLiXe said:
lol...my hair used to be like that. I cut it recently so now I go all equilateral:-p you could literally do a proof with the SAS theorem on it.Your hair you say...or do you mean your whole self?
*note to self*-avoid DiracPool posts with pictures.

That's not me, that's the ancient aliens guy. I'm just saying that my hair gets frizzy like that in south beach. Geeeeez.

Edit: and I've got 7 more posts than you, so respect.
 
Last edited:

Similar threads

  • · Replies 2K ·
76
Replies
2K
Views
173K
  • · Replies 3K ·
89
Replies
3K
Views
163K
  • · Replies 348 ·
12
Replies
348
Views
50K
  • · Replies 4K ·
134
Replies
4K
Views
241K
Replies
11K
Views
578K
  • · Replies 2K ·
65
Replies
2K
Views
61K
  • Sticky
  • · Replies 0 ·
Replies
0
Views
4K
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Views
1K
Replies
4
Views
771
  • · Replies 40 ·
2
Replies
40
Views
18K